Canvas Morning Check
Get a comprehensive status report for your courses at the start of the day or week. Identifies students who need support and upcoming deadlines.
Prerequisites
- Canvas MCP server must be running
- User must have educator/instructor role in Canvas
- For FERPA compliance,
ENABLE_DATA_ANONYMIZATION=trueshould be set
Steps
1. Identify Target Course(s)
Ask the user which course(s) to check, or check all active courses:
Which course would you like to check? (Or say "all" for all your courses)If user specifies a course, use that course identifier. If "all", iterate through active courses.
2. Get Recent Assignment Submissions
For each target course, use list_assignments to find assignments due in the past 7 days, then use get_assignment_analytics for each:
Data to collect:
- Submission rate (submitted / enrolled)
- Average score
- High/low scores
- Late submission count
3. Identify Struggling Students
Use list_submissions to find students missing multiple assignments:
Flag students who:
- Are missing 2+ assignments in the past 2 weeks
- Have submitted late more than twice
- Have average grade below 70%
Group by urgency:
- Critical: Missing 3+ assignments or grade below 60%
- Needs attention: Missing 2 assignments or grade 60-70%
- On track: All submissions current, grade above 70%
4. Check Upcoming Deadlines
Use list_assignments filtered to next 7 days:
Show:
- Assignment name
- Due date/time
- Point value
- Current submission count (if submissions have started)
5. Generate Status Report
Output a structured report:
## Course Status: [Course Name]
### Submission Overview
| Assignment | Due Date | Submitted | Rate | Avg Score |
|------------|----------|-----------|------|-----------|
| Quiz 3 | Dec 20 | 28/32 | 88% | 85.2 |
| Essay 2 | Dec 22 | 25/32 | 78% | -- |
### Students Needing Support
**Critical (3+ missing):**
- Student_a8f7e23 (missing: Quiz 3, Essay 2, HW 5)
**Needs Attention (2 missing):**
- Student_c9b21f8 (missing: Essay 2, HW 5)
- Student_d3e45f1 (missing: Quiz 3, Essay 2)
### Upcoming This Week
- **Dec 26:** Final Project (100 pts) - 5 submitted so far
- **Dec 28:** Discussion 8 (20 pts)
### Suggested Actions
1. Send reminder to 3 students with critical status
2. Review Essay 2 submissions (78% rate, below average)
3. Post announcement about Final Project deadline6. Offer Follow-up Actions
After presenting the report, offer:
Would you like me to:
1. Draft a message to struggling students
2. Send reminders about upcoming deadlines
3. Get detailed analytics for a specific assignment
4. Check another courseExample Usage
User: "Morning check for CS 101"
Claude: [Runs the skill, outputs status report]
User: "Send a reminder to students missing Quiz 3"
Claude: [Uses send_conversation to message identified students]
Notes
- With anonymization enabled, student names appear as
Student_xxxxxxxx - Keep local mapping file to correlate anonymous IDs with real students
- This skill works best when run weekly (Monday mornings)
- Pairs well with
/week-planfor students